FLASHBACK FRIDAY

It's a little late, or a little early... which ever way you want to look at it. Here we have a fine picture of, no, not Brayden, but Brandon in 1981. How sweet are these two boys? I love them!

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

I HATE BASEBALL

"I hate baseball". Words straight from Maddie's mouth!!! My worst nightmare come true!!! I am so sad that Maddie did not have a great experience this year! :( The sign up sheet said T-ball ages 5-6. And she being just barely 6 I signed her up for T-ball. Well first off, she hates hitting the ball off a tee. She is used to Brandon pitching to her. Secondly she was the only girl on the team, and thirdly, she was one of the tallest and probably oldest players on the team. All her friends in kindergarten signed up for girls fast pitch softball (ages 8 and under according to the sign up sheet). Which was coach pitch for the first half of the season and then girls pitching to each other the last part of the season.

She has pretty good form when fielding the ball, but if you'll look closely, the ball is by her foot, not in her glove.

I told her to slide at home, this is what I got. Beggars can't be choosers.

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

THANK YOU - GRACIAS

Just wanted to make sure and thank the stamp club girls for coming out to g-ville for stamp club this month. It was so great to have friends at my house and bake and entertain. I have missed it so. And espcially thanks to Shannon and Vanessa for the wonderful belated birthday gifts! You can't beat stamp essentials, candles and homemade cards! My FAVS!!! You guys are awesome! Love ya!

P.S. Jody - you can forget my paper anytime!! I love the new stamp set!!

JARVIE

My friend is moving to St. George. WAahhhHHHH!!! I'm so sad!!! I'll never see her again, okay, so maybe 4 or 5 times, but still... not every week. :( And because she said she looks at my blog nearly every day, here is a post to you Jarvs.

5 reasons I love and will miss Jarvie

1. She is an awesome softball player - I have been playing softball with Jarvie for about five years, although it seems like I have known her longer. I love that she always comes to a game with a desire to perform her best and WIN WIN WIN! She will play just about any position she is asked to and does great at them all. She's super fast on the bases and has a good pop-up slide.

2. She gives me "tough love"- When I'm not trying hard, or just being a slacker, she's not afraid to say "Dude, what's up? Your like 0 for 100 or something. Are ya thinking about getting a hit sometime today?" and "Dude, why have a blog if your never going to update it!" And we can still be great friends :)

3. She's a fun drunk - What happens in St. George at the women's halloween tourney, stays in St. George!

4. She loves my kids - It drives me crazy to watch my kids climb all over her and jump up in her lap and maul her to death, but she takes it all in stride and is super sweet to them. Even when they interupt us when we are trying to talk and give her wildflowers they found when we are camping.

5. There are so many things I feel like we have in common - Our husbands play on the same softball team and have for years. She loves to camp and be outdoors. She doesn't mind being dirty and wearing a hat for days in the mountains. She is strong and can remodel, pack and clean a house nearly single handedly. Of course she loves softball and supports her hubbies love of the cubs. She plans her pregnancy around the softball season. She rarely cries. She has to have a clean house. I could go on and on......

So Jarvie, I just want you to know how much I will miss you and in more ways than one.

FINALLY-- A NEW POST!!!!

Never fear--- I am finally posting something new. I know some of you have given up on me and for that I am sorry. Playing softball/baseball/t-ball on multiple leagues five nights a week is proving to be quite hard. But this weekend we finally had a relaxing, nothing on the calender, "what should we do" type weekend. WWWOOO HOOO!!!! So how did we choose to spend it? You know it-- at the ball park. We went to a Bees game on Saturday and the new Narnia-Prince Caspian movie on Monday. And guess what baseball fans... we caught our first home run ball ever!!! Oh yes, it was hit out to the general admission area in right center field where I had strategically placed our blanket. Brayden actually almost caught it out of the air, another guy knocked it down, and Brandon made quick grab before some big teenage boys could take him out!! It was SWEEEETTTT!!! We tried to get it signed after the game by the player that hit it, but unless your willing to wait in the parking lot for a couple more hours after the game for him to come out to his car, there is no way. So we settled for the bumble bee's signature. The kids were happy anyway.

Can you believe another year of school is behind us? Me neither. How sad, my babies are growing up. Maddie had a fun year and did wonderful in all her subjects. She is starting to show a little bit more of her social side, as I had a couple of chances to watch her interact on the playground. Brayden did well, but he is usually a straight A's student, so this year when he struggled a little bit trying to find a balance between school work and recess/sports Brandon and I had to give him a couple of "talks". He just doesn't understand that it's not pass/fail anymore. A C grade shows either your level of understanding or your focus and diligence in class. He is absolutely capable of getting straight A's, he just doesn't do his work in class. Ugh! only 9 more year of this. :) I love being a mom.

I don't have any sweet pictures of Brayden and Maddie playing ball yet, because either A: I forget to bring the camera. B: I am score keeping or C: I am coaching. I will be sure to get some soon and let you see how cutey cute they look playing ball.